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CVE-2006-4842
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for…
Low3.6EPSS 7.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.7% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 20471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061011 Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 20061013 Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.11.06: Sun Microsystems Solaris NSPR Library Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 45433 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- nspr-api-file-create(29489) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22348 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 102658 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 1017050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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